Schwarzenegger contemplates the passage of time

In 2005, he campaigned against the unions, castigating them. They fought back, hard, on a variety of issues, including some of Schwarzenegger’s beloved political reforms, and they beat him.

“I regret my not being more inclusive,” he said. “So if I would do it again I would bring in the parties rather than just attacking them. I would try to bring them together, and maybe I wouldn’t get everything, but I think I would have gotten something.”

I asked him if it gets more difficult to maintain his bodybuilder’s physique as he gets … not so young.